Publication Date: October 20, 2026
From the internationally bestselling author of The Truth About the Accident and The Family Across the Street comes another twisty psychological thriller that will leave you questioning the truth until the very end-perfect for fans of Freida McFadden.
Lana loves her job as a therapist, listening to other people’s worries, fears-and secrets. She tries never to get too close to her patients …
Until she meets Sandy, whose beautiful green eyes-eyes that Lana is sure look familiar-tear up as Sandy talks about her husband Mike. She swears the bruise on her face was just an accident.
But when Sandy leaves the session, Lana notices marks on the tissue she was dabbing her eyes with. It looks like make-up: blue, yellow, purple. There’s no way Sandy’s black eye was fake-is there?
Then Sandy goes missing. And Lana is accused of being involved.
The one person who might know the truth is Sandy’s husband. Mike says he’s desperate for answers, too -and to find his wife before it’s too late.
But who is lying? The heartbroken husband? The missing wife? Or the therapist who knows all their secrets?
Lana builds her career on listening to other people and offering advice, carefully observing the professional boundaries.
Author Nicole Trope puts Lana’s boundaries to the test in The Therapist with a woman named Sandy. Their encounter leads to startling twists and turns that push Lana out of her comfortable bubble.
Lana’s response to reports of abuse seems straightforward until physical evidence casts doubt on Sandy’s credibility. However, her sudden disappearance puts the husband in the hot seat. Lana’s role takes the plot in an unexpected, yet interesting direction.
As the story races to a conclusion, the author exposes a layer of secrets woven into the framework.
The Therapist delivers a web of lies in a fast-paced psychological thriller.
Nicole Trope went to university to study Law but realised the error of her ways when she did very badly on her first law essay because-as her professor pointed out- ‘It’s not meant to be a story.’ She studied teaching instead and used her holidays to work on her writing career and complete a Masters’ degree in Children’s Literature.
The idea for her first published novel, The Boy under the Table, was so scary that it took a year for her to find the courage to write the emotional story. She went on to publish a further five novels in Australia before joining Bookouture in 2019. She is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller in the USA, UK, AUS, Canada and Germany. Her books have been translated into German, Italian, Polish, Hungarian and French.
